Adjustable price mark



ANDREW soM /rERv LLE, or' rresannne, onmnonnr i; I

ADJUSTABLE rn'icnni-nnx.

Application filed July 25,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW SoMMERVILLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pasadena, in the county of Los Angeles' and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Price Marks, of which the following is a specification.

My object is. to make an adustabl'e price mark, and my invention consists of the novel features herein shown, described and claimed.

' Figure 1 is a perspective of a box of fruit with an adjustable price mark embodying the principles of my invention in position for use.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective of the adjustable price mark shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective detail showing the operation and constructionof the price mar Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary front V 19 in thestakel.

is secured tothe front face of one-half of 7 the plate 3. a

Thepad 5 consists of a series of sheets 6 of paper, the sheets being arranged in apile, each sheet carrying a price number 7, and the numbers being arranged from O-- to 9-. The pile of sheets is secured to the plate 3 by threads or'staples '8 inserted through the paper'near the edges at one side, so that the sheets may be turned-back and forth like a book. Ina like manner the pad 9 is applied to the otherhalf of the plate 3. The pads are arranged to'open in opposite directions so that the exposed numbers will read together there being numbers 10 upon the pad 9 corresponding to the numbers 7 upon the pad 5. I t

The plate 11 of cardboard oritinv is secured to the'upper edge of the plate '3 by a hinge 12 which may be fabric or tough pa- 'per, and the plate 11 has openings 13 and 14: through which the numbers? and 10 will Specification of Letters Patent.

leaves thereupon. t 7 1 I i a 2. -Anadj ustable' price mark comprising a a standard, a plate fixed to the upper portion 7 thereof, a pad 'of leaves securedto said plate and foldable from one position to another, E

1919. Serial-No. 313,316. r

position, as'inFig. 2. An opening 15"is formed through the plate 11 in position to be above the numbers 7 and l0, and a strip 16 1s provided carrying the title 17.

Patented Apr. 18, 1922. l

7 appear when the plate 11 is in itsfolded 7 The strip 16 carrying the title cherries is placed against 3 above the pads 5 and 9, and the plate'll the front face of the plate is folded downwardly against the pads 5, and 9, sa d pads having been previously opened to disclose the numbers reading 3- and -5, and the plate 11 holds the i pads open to show these numbers through the openings 13 and 14 so that the sign will 7 read Cherries '35.

Ifthe price advances the plate lllis raised and the sheet of the pad 5 turned backwardly to disclose the number'reading 6-, andif the price lowers the sheet is turned the other way to disclose the number.

reading-- l and so on. 7

A finger l8 isplaced through an opening A pin 20 is inserted through the stake and through. the finger, and a coil spring '21 is placed upon the pin 20, one end engaging the stake and the other end engaging the finger 18, so that when the plate'll is folded downwardly the finger 18 may be operated to swing out of the way, and then released to hold the plate 11 in its folded position.

Various changes may be madewithout departing from the spirit of my invention as claimed:

Iclaim: V y 1. An adjustable price'mark comprising a standard, a plate secured to the upper portion thereof, a pad of leaves secured to-said plate, saidleaves being foldable from one position to another, said leaves bearing in it a dicating characters, a second plate hinged to theupper portion; of the first mentioned plate and providedwithropenings located so 1 as to disclose the indicating characters on the leaves of the pad, and latching means on the standard for engaging the lower edge g of the hinged plate to hold it in -closed'posi-f" tion upon the 'fiXed plate and thle padl f said leaves bearing indicating characters, a and a spring actuated catch arranged for plate hinged to the upper edge of the fixed operation within said opening and adapted plate and provided with openings located to engage the lower edge of the hinged plate 1- so as to display the indicating characters on to hold the same in closed position.

5 the leaves of the pad, there being an open- In testimony whereof I have signed my ing formed in the standard adjacent to the name to this specification. lower edges of the fixed and hinged plates ANDREW SOMMER-VILLE 

